Two-thirds of both houses of Congress have to allow it necessary, to suggest Amendments to the Constitution, or, on the Application of the legislature of two-thirds of several states, will call a convention for suggesting amendments, which in all events, will be good to all intents and proposes as part of this constitution, when passed by legislatures of three-fourths the state of America or by three-fourths of the convention. No amendment that is made before the year 1808 will affect the first and fifth clauses in the ninth section of the first article, and that no state without its approval will be deprived of voting.
Two-thirds of both houses of Congress have to allow it necessary, to suggest Amendments to the Constitution, or, on the Application of the legislature of two-thirds of several states, will call a convention for suggesting amendments, which in all events, will be good to all intents and proposes as part of this constitution, when passed by legislatures of three-fourths the state of America or by three-fourths of the convention. No amendment that is made before the year 1808 will affect the first and fifth clauses in the ninth section of the first article, and that no state without its approval will be deprived of voting.